Commuter Rail Train Catches Fire + Police Locate Missing Girl

Good morning, people of Chelmsford! Annie Sandoli here with the Friday copy of theChelmsford Daily.

First, today's weather:

Mild with rain. High: 63 Low: 40.

Here are the top stories today in Chelmsford:

1. EXPLAINER: Why US inflation is so high, and when it may ease (Nashua Telegraph)
2. Needham WWII veteran Louis Picariello finally gets his high school diploma (WCVB Boston)
3. Honoring literary giants at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery and the Concord Museum (WCVB Boston)
4. Police locate missing teenage girl in Wakefield (Boston 25 News)
5. PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Nutting Lake at the turn of the 20th century (Wicked Local)
6. Best New England Food Gifts 2021 (Eater Boston)
7. Smile Mass Launches $2.5 Million Campaign For Club Smile Mass – Framingham SOURCE (framinghamsource.com)
8. Judy’s Bay makes its Cambridge debut with takeout to start (Boston.com)
9. Soft lockdown lifted at North Andover High School (Eagle-Tribune)
10. Pedestrian hospitalized after getting hit by vehicle in Londonderry (WMUR Manchester)
11. Pedestrian seriously injured in crash on Route 28 in Londonderry (WMUR Manchester)
12. Frances M. LaJeunesse, 90, of Marlborough (Community Advocate)
13. Car crashes into dry cleaner in Derry (WMUR Manchester)
14. Someone You Should Know: Haverhill resident Janet Blanchard, daughter Geena Sindoni (WCVB Boston)
15. Feds Arrest Haverhill, Methuen, North Andover and Lawrence Gang Members for Drug Trafficking (WHAV News)
16. Framingham High To Stage In The Heights in January 2022 – Framingham SOURCE (framinghamsource.com)
17. Framingham Elementary Class To Close For 6 Days Due To COVID – Framingham SOURCE (framinghamsource.com)
18. 200 passengers evacuated after Commuter Rail train catches fire in Concord| (Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News)
19. Dracut zoning change boosts home-based businesses (Lowell Sun)
20. Marlborough to purchase new defibrillators (Community Advocate)
21. StageWorks ‘All Together Now’ production this weekend at Leominster City Hall (Sentinel & Enterprise)
22. Rollstone Rollers Relay for Life craft fair fundraiser slated for Nov. 20 (Sentinel & Enterprise)
23. Eye on Art: Addison Gallery features California artists in new shows (Sentinel & Enterprise)
24. Spelling it right after 99 years | News (Eagle-Tribune)
25. Parents Join Brawl at Youth Hockey Game (NBC10 Boston)
26. Strega aims for Del Frisco's Grille lease | Burlington (Woburn Daily Times)
27. Three people suffer life-threatening injuries in Salem crash (WMUR Manchester)

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Today in Chelmsford:

• Compelling Questions Series: Why Haven't We Cured Cancer? (1:00 PM)

Chelmsford Patch Notebook

• Chelmsford Public Library: "Your latest chance to meet a real Chelmsford librarian is up on our website! Marty Mason is one of our Youth Services Librarians and she loves Children's and YA fantasy, mysteries, theater, and much more. Read all about her: https://www...." (Facebook)
• Chelmsford Public Schools: "HUGE kudos to our September Students of the Month: https://chs.chelmsfordschools.org/chelmsford-high-school-september-students-of-the-month/" (Facebook)
• Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce: "Thank you to all the Veterans in our community for keeping us safe and protecting our freedom!" (Facebook)
• Chelmsford Public Library: "The library is open until 8:30 on Wednesday as usual, but we'll be closed on Thursday, November 11 for Veterans Day." (Facebook)
• Chelmsford Public Library: "See what's new this week at the Chelmsford Public Library at: *** http://wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?fb... *** There are five new bestsellers, two new audiobooks, seven new children's books, and 34 other new books. The new bestsellers t..." (Facebook)
• South Row PTO: "Thank you to those who participated in our fall Spirit Wear Sale! For those that placed an order, they will be going home the week of Nov. 15th in your child's backpack! If you do NOT want your order coming home with your child, it can b..." (Facebook)
• Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce: "Merrimack Repertory Theatre is seeking a full time Director of Development (DoD) to work closely with a broad range of constituents including MRT leaders and staff, Board of Trustees, volunteers, and other organizations (including the GL..." (Facebook)
• Chelmsford TV: "Chasing the Facts..... This episode features Mark Baranski from TCR (Trammel Crow Residentials). Abandoned UMass West Campus re-developmnet is the topic of this half hour segment." (Facebook)
• Chelmsford Public Library: "Sign up NOW for Wednesday night's talk with Jan Brogan on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/webina... In discussing Combat Zone: Murder, Race and Boston’s Struggle for Justice, Brogan will expla..." (Facebook)

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— Annie Sandoli

About me: Annie has been a Boston-based writer since 2018, after graduating with her BA in Social Thought and Political Economy from UMass Amherst and ALM in journalism from Harvard University. She has worked as a freelancer throughout Massachusetts and as part of an editorial team in London, UK. Her interests include music and the arts, creative writing and literature, and topics of social and political justice. Annie covers Brookline, Newton, Waltham, Chelmsford and Westford. Email news tips to annie.sandoli@patch.com.

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